Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$3,949.35
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$13,713.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$201.23 with Hill Physicians vs $11,428.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $201.23 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $773.64 | ↓ -80% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $851.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $1,032.31 | ↓ -74% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,454.44 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,469.92 | ↓ -63% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,779.37 | ↓ -55% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,779.37 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $2,538.51 | ↓ -36% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $2,691.95 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $2,745.79 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $2,772.71 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $2,838.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $3,071.60 | ↓ -22% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,326.65 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,547.00 | ↓ -10% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $3,598.16 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $4,718.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $5,952.00 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,582.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $6,933.04 | ↑ +76% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,020.80 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $7,020.80 | ↑ +78% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,108.56 | ↑ +80% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,284.08 | ↑ +84% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $7,809.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $7,809.00 | ↑ +98% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $8,688.24 | ↑ +120% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,776.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $8,776.00 | ↑ +122% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $8,776.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $11,428.00 | ↑ +189% |
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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $2,989.44 | $201.23 – $7,020.80 |
| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $2,691.95 | $1,170.44 – $4,793.88 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $5,419.34 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $4,913.72 | $773.64 – $9,926.42 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $3,847.27 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $3,805.79 | $773.64 – $2,350.00 |
| Queen of The Valley Medical Center | Napa | $2,734.11 | $2,968.05 – $10,593.00 |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka | Eureka | $2,172.09 | $2,688.58 – $10,413.00 |